Crossword-Solution: DRACUNCULUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dracunculus | n. | A fish; the dragonet. |
| Dracunculus | n. | The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis). |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| the green dragon genus of Araceae | 1 answer |
| guinea worm | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CZEEMA
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eruption
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Sentences with DRACUNCULUS (5)
The Dracunculus medinensis or Guinea-worm is a widely-spread parasite in parts of Africa and the West Indies.
Tarragon (_Artemisia Dracunculus_).—This aromatic herb is used for a variety of purposes, but is most commonly employed for imparting its powerful flavour to vinegar.
The kitchen herb Tarragon (_Artemisia dracunculus_) is cultivated in England, and more commonly in France, for uses in salads, and other condimentary purposes.
Cyclops, the intermediate host of Dracunculus.] Fedtschenko (1879) found that when these larvæ reach the water they penetrate the carapace of the little crustacean, _Cyclops_ (fig.
However, numerous attempts to infect healthy persons by having them drink or inhale marsh water, or by injecting it into their circulation resulted in failure, and influenced by Leuckart's and Melnikoff's work on _Dipylidium_, that of Fedtschenko on _Dracunculus_, and more especially by that of Manson on _Filaria_, search was made for some insect which might transfer the parasite.